Jeremiah ‘Jeremy’ Stoke’s ‘sacrifice will resonate forever’

This Thursday, June 26, 2018, photo released by Casey Lansdon shows Redding fire inspector Jeremy Stoke in Redding, Calif. A wildfire roared with little warning into the Northern California city as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighborhoods, officials said Friday. Stoke was killed in the blaze. (Casey Lansdon via AP)

Photo: Casey Lansdon / Associated Press

Jeremiah “Jeremy” Stoke was helping residents evacuate in west Redding as the Carr Fire tore through on July 26, killing him.

Stoke, 37, was a longtime veteran of the Redding Fire Department, where he worked as a fire inspector. He is survived by his his wife, Alyson, son, Caleb, 13, and daughter, Aubrey, 9.​

Stoke worked as an engineer before becoming an inspector.

“Jeremy touched so many lives in his 17 years on the job, first as a firefighter, then as a fire investigator. Jeremy gave his life so others may live. His sacrifice will resonate forever,” the Redding Fire Department wrote in a Facebook post.

This Thursday, June 26, 2018, photo released by Casey Lansdon shows Redding fire inspector Jeremy Stoke in Redding, Calif. A wildfire roared with little warning into the Northern California city as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighborhoods, officials said Friday. Stoke was killed in the blaze. (Casey Lansdon via AP)

Photo: Casey Lansdon / Associated Press

Donna Araiza, founder of the Alyssa Araiza “Wings of Angels” organization for seriously ill children, told the Redding Record Searchlight that said Stoke donated to her group regularly.

“He and his wife, Alyson, were always supporting us,” Araiza told the newspaper. “He was a generous and a good man.”